Boot and shoe heels



NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSIS MILLER', OF ANTWERP,.NEW YORK.

BOOT AND SHOE HEELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 41,933, dated March 15, 1864.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josts MILLER, of Antwerp, in the county of Jefferson, in the State of New York, have invented a new and improved mode of constructing heels for boots, shoes, and gaiters for men, women, and boys wear, and in the adjustment and fastening of the heel to a boot, shoe, or gaiter, preventing the heel from working from one side to the other or working loose horizontally, and keeping the heel in its place; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing for boots, shoes, and gaiters for men, women, and boys wear a heel which is a shell, of cast or malleable iron, brass, or other metal, having inside of it little stops orv projections, into which a circular plate of either aforementioned metals is tted and resting on the stops or projections; the adjustment and fastening the circular plate to the sole of the boot, shoe, or gaiter by means of screws, the boot, shoe, or gaiter being lasted to the insole, the outsole pegged or scwed on, the same as in any other hoot, shoe, or ga-iter,

'and the adjustment and fastening the heel to a hoot, shoe, or gaiter by means cfa screw passing through the bottom of the shell-heel and through the circular plate into the insole of the boot, shoe, or gaiter, and keeping the shellheel and circular plate together in their places, and holding the heel solid to the boot, shoe, or gaiter, the adjustment and fastening being such as to eft'ectually prevent the heel from working sidewise, either to the one side or the other, or working horizontally either forward or backward, and the whole combined presenting a utility not before attained in the cheapness of manufacture, being less than any other metallic heel, and fifty per cent. less than a leather heel also, in the rapidity, easiness, and the firmness of its adjustment and fastening to a boot, shoe, or

gaiter, and being as well adapted for adjustment and fastening to an old boot, shoe, or gaiter as to a new one. The circular plate inside of the heel will prevent the heel from turning sidewise, and the little stops or projections inside the heel, with which the heel is provided, will prevent the heel Working loose horizontally.

To enable others skilled in the art to m ike and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

1 construct my heel, a shell of cast or malleable iron, brass, or other metal, in any of the known forms, and having inside of itlittle stops or projections on which rests a circular plate, which is adjusted and fastened to the sole of the boot, shoe, or gaiter by means of screws, andthe sh ell-heel and circular plate are held compact together by means ofa screw passing through the bottom in center of shell-heel and through the circular plate into the sole of boot, shoe, or gaiter, securing them in their places.

The form of heel I prefer is shown in Figure 1, A, which shows the heel adjusted to a gents gaiter, and in Fig. 2, B, which represents a front view.

A view of the top of the heel or bottom, as fastened and adjusted to the gaiter, is shown 'in Fig. 3, O. The orifice represented in the center of this ligure shows the place where the screw passes through the shell-heel.

A view of the circular plate is shown in Fig. 4, D.. rlhe orifice represented in this ligure, in center, shows the place where the screw passes through the circular plate. The adjustment and fastening of this circular plate to sole of the gaiter, boot, or shoe is shown by E E E E E, which represent the screws holding it to the sole.

I am aware that metallic heels have been constructed fastened by grooves, by springs, and by a shell running into the counter.

Having herewith described my invention,

the following is what I claim as new therein, 

